Keurig Reviews & Tips

Timothy’s German Chocolate Cake

Please take my flavored K-Cup reviews with a grain of salt. If you are a flavored coffee drinker, you are much more qualified than I am to expound upon them.

“It’s okay” is probably the most positive thing I can say about Timothy’s German Chocolate Cake. The flavors are pretty subtle. I had a hard time detecting the chocolate. The aftertaste is not too strong (yay!) which is a difference between many flavored coffees–it’s still not a great aftertaste though.

I do like the smoothness and hints of coconut. The aroma is very mellow. This is the favorite K-Cup of the wife of a kcuptrade.com trader, so there are those out there with fonder feelings toward it. I personally wouldn’t get it again, but I’m glad to have my curiosity appeased.

I wonder if more people would convert to flavored K-Cups if they were available in dark roasts. It seems like most are light roast. The German Chocolate Cake is medium (seemed more like light roast to me).

The Extra Bold Hazelnut by Green Mountain was discontinued so maybe most flavored coffee drinkers tend to be medium or light roast drinkers. Hmmm. If you’d like to sample it, there are a few up for trade right now at kcuptrade.com (maybe not for long though).

Next on my list of flavored K-Cups to try are Green Mountain Island Coconut and Timothy’s Sugar Bush Maple. I’ve heard good things.

Comments (3)

I don’t drink too many flavored coffees either and I found this one to be about the same as you did — kind of meh. I didn’t really taste any of the “german” in the german chocolate cake, either. No coconut, no nuts, just faint hint of chocolate.

I have found that some of these flavored ones I’m not that big on taste a lot better when they’re iced with a bit of cream. I got one of those Starbucks insulated “iced coffee cups” (that look just like the ones you get with your order at Starbucks). I LOVE IT.

Brian

June 24, 2011

I really like this one, but it is mainly because of the coconut. I also like the Green Mountain Island Coconut. (I just ordered a box.)

I think it is probably easier to flavor a light roast. The darker roasts may overwhelm the added flavorings. (BTW, Extra Bold K-cups aren’t necessarily dark roasts. They just have more coffee in them. The iced coffee K-cups have even more.)

Mary Beth

June 24, 2011

Joelle, that’s a great idea to try them iced! That’s a good point about what extra bold means, Brian…and about flavoring dark roasts.